# Essential Logic

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{{Short description|English post-punk band}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Essential Logic
| image           = 993-edit.jpg
| alt             = 
| background      = group_or_band
| origin          = England
| genre           = [Post-punk](/source/Post-punk)
| years_active    = 1978–1981, 2001–present
| past_members    = [William Bennett](/source/William_Bennett_(noise_musician))<br />David Wright<br />[Lora Logic](/source/Lora_Logic)<br />Rich Tea
| website         = https://www.essential-logic.co.uk/
}}

'''Essential Logic''' are an English [post-punk](/source/post-punk) band formed in 1978 by saxophonist [Lora Logic](/source/Lora_Logic) after leaving [X-Ray Spex](/source/X-Ray_Spex).<ref name="Larkinindie">{{cite book|title=[The Guinness Who's Who of Indie and New Wave Music](/source/Encyclopedia_of_Popular_Music)|editor=[Colin Larkin](/source/Colin_Larkin_(writer))|publisher=[Guinness Publishing](/source/Guinness_Publishing)|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-579-4|page=103}}</ref> The band initially consisted of Lora on vocals, Phil Legg on guitar and vocals, [William Bennett](/source/William_Bennett_(noise_musician)) (later of [Whitehouse](/source/Whitehouse_(band))) on guitar, Mark Turner on bass guitar, Rich Tea (Richard Thompson) on drums and Dave Wright on saxophone. Turner was later replaced by Sean Oliver (later of [Rip Rig + Panic](/source/Rip_Rig_%2B_Panic)) on bass. The band split in 1981 and reformed in 2001.

==History==
The group formed in 1978 with Logic fresh out of art school. Their first [7"](/source/Vinyl_LP) was released on their own record label, Cells. They then released a self-titled [EP](/source/Extended_play) on [Virgin Records](/source/Virgin_Records) in 1979, before signing to [Rough Trade](/source/Rough_Trade_Records). Their debut studio album, ''[Beat Rhythm News](/source/Beat_Rhythm_News)'', was released in 1979, followed by several 7"s. Work began on a second album but the band split in 1980<ref name="Larkinindie"/> and the album, ''Pedigree Charm'', was released as a Lora Logic solo LP. 

Between 1978 and 1981, Logic also performed as a member of [Red Crayola](/source/Red_Crayola),<ref name="Larkinindie"/> as well as playing on recordings by Kollaa Kestää, [The Stranglers](/source/The_Stranglers), [The Raincoats](/source/The_Raincoats) and [Swell Maps](/source/Swell_Maps).

Soon after ''Pedigree Charm'' was released in 1982 on the Rough Trade label,<ref name="Larkinindie"/> Logic gave up recording and performing: she had turned to the [Hare Krishna](/source/International_Society_for_Krishna_Consciousness) religion.<ref name="Larkinindie"/> She did record and perform under the X-Ray Spex name again when they reformed in 1995.

She resumed Essential Logic in 2001 with a new line-up, and released a four-track EP of new material. This version of the group included ex-members of the [ska](/source/ska) group [Bad Manners](/source/Bad_Manners) and guitarist [Gary Valentine](/source/Gary_Lachman) of [Blondie](/source/Blondie_(band)). A year later, a further four tracks from a recording session in 1998 were made available from the [website](/source/website), Vitaminic. In 2003, an anthology of Essential Logic recordings was issued, entitled ''Fanfare in the Garden'', on the [Kill Rock Stars](/source/Kill_Rock_Stars) record label. 

In 2022 a new studio album, ''Land of Kali''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Fred |title=Land of Kali Review|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/land-of-kali-mw0003848944 |website=AllMusic |access-date=11 December 2022}}</ref> was released under the Essential Logic name.

==Discography==
; Albums
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Year
! style="text-align: center;" | Title
! style="text-align: center;" | UK Indie<br /><ref name="archive1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/e.htm |title=Indie Hits "E" |date=2001-04-09 |accessdate=2016-01-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010409221623/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/indiehits/e.htm |archivedate=April 9, 2001 }}</ref>
! style="text-align: center;" | Label
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1979
| ''[Beat Rhythm News](/source/Beat_Rhythm_News)'' 
| style="text-align: center;" | 11
| style="text-align: center;" | Rough Trade
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2003
| ''Fanfare in the Garden'' (Anthology)
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | Kill Rock Stars
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 2022
| ''Land of Kali''
| style="text-align: center;" | -
| style="text-align: center;" | Hiss and Shake
|-
|2024
|''Rekalibrated''
| -
|Hiss and Shake
|}

; Singles & EPs

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center;" | Year
! style="text-align: center;" | Title
! style="text-align: center;" | UK Indie<br /><ref name="archive1"/>
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1978
| Aerosol Burns
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1979
| Wake Up
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1979
| Popcorn Boy Waddle Ya Do?
| style="text-align: center;" | 24
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1980
| Eugene
| style="text-align: center;" | 36
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1980
| Music Is A Better Noise
| style="text-align: center;" | 48
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1981
| Fanfare In The Garden
| style="text-align: center;" | 46
|-
| style="text-align: center;" | 1981
| Essential Logic
| style="text-align: center;" | -
|-
|2002
|Essential Logic 2
| -
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/essential-logic-mn0000199102 Essential Logic] at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)

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Category:English post-punk music groups
Category:English new wave musical groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1978
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1981
Category:Musical groups reestablished in 1981

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